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US homicide rate decline

The decline in US urban homicide rates due to community violence intervention programs and policing strategies

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Jan 26, 2026
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Which U.S. cities bucked the 2025 national homicide decline and why, according to local data?

A broad, data sweep shows -2025-us-city-homicide-rates">homicides fell sharply across most large U.S. cities in 2025, but a small handful bucked that national decline — most consistently named in repo...

Feb 2, 2026

What differences exist between city-reported homicide counts and independent trackers’ totals in recent years?

City-published and have diverged at times in recent years largely because they use different sources, update schedules and classification rules—differences that can change counts by single digits in s...